Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-15
LET TIERS FROM LEE.
ONE 10 BADBAU; ONE TO LEE CAMP
VETERANS.
Captain John s. wise's Kembership-
Rations for y. =. Lee 1t the
Evacuation, &c.

About week ago the name Of Captain j..
s. Wise was submitted TO Lee Camp Tor
membership. Night before last meetisg
was held Commander A. l.. Phillips pre-
sidIpg-and Captain Wise was unanimously
elected.
Just before vote was taken tho ioIs"-
ing letter was read to The assoc'at'on'
"RICunoHp. Va, May -, 1887.
{" To the PreSi1iing officer OF Lee CdmD'
sir.--I have been informed that Captain
John {. Wise is an applicant ior MEMBER
min TO the Lee Camp, and that his name
will be presented tonight. l nave also
hoen told that some OF the members pro.
nose 10 oppose his becoming a member Of
the camp.
. al I have been correctly Informed In
both partieulars I write TO express the
hone that no objection will be MADE upon
The mart OF any member to Captain Wise
ioinlng the association. The credentials to
membership are based upon the Confederate
record Of q man, and not upon his politics,
and | should be very sorry to hear that
fealty TO either political party was the lest
Of qualification to membership OF the Lee
Camp.
al am, very respectfully and truly yours,
"FuzHUGH Les"
Cap,ain Wise was notified OF his election
Yesterday 10y Acting Adiutmt Care, and
expressed his thanks.
GENERAL Il. y. LEES BATIoSs.
The following letter was written and
mailed Ly Gov rnor L"e yesterday;
COMMONWEALTH or VIRGlSn,)
GOvERNOa's OFFICE.
RICHMOND. VA. May 10, 1897,
Gcneral Addm Badedn, IS east SegeRtccah
street, Nelc York:
My Dear eir,-I have duly received vour
letter. When my attention was called to
YOUR statement in the Washington Post by
a mrrsber OF the press that General Robert
L. lee had replied 10 Your inquiry in re-
ference 10 furnishing him and bis stlHWitb
food, "that he did not know what he
should have done il the ollcf had not been
made, a. he found. 81 course, nothing in
ms house 10 eat" | said that that c0nd-
ton OF things did not exist.
II was very kind and courteous in you to
ask il you could send to General Lee the
necessary supplies, ard have no doubt
General Lee world have accepted them il
IN need in the same spirit which character
Izcd your action. I remember well That
slept between two Federal generals after
my surrender at AppOmatt0N, and was
very glad to eat supper with them, and
breakfast the next morning, too. did not
arrive i'm Richmond until some days after
General Lee reached there from Apo
maitOX. Ny mother, however, was In
bis house for some weeks before aud some
weeks after the date Of General Lees re-
turn TO has family. She is now living with
me here, and gave me the information
which has been practically stated IN
the public press. she says everything
went on as usual, both before and after
General Lees return; that the cOl0red
dining-room servant went TO market regu-
larry and bought what was necessary for
the family table: that after General Lees
return so many things were sent him by
the citizens Of Richmond in the way Of
food that It had TO be stored temporarily in
tbe upper passages OF the house until Gen
rral Lee could make arrangements 10 have
them transferred and distributed to the
poor i'm bis neighbOrh0Od. His cOlored
dining.room servant SAM is living here,
and | had a conversation with him this
morning. lie saws he did the marketing
every morning, and that at no time was
there any scarcity Of supplies.
This is not an important matter and am
sorry so much prominence has been glyenIt,
| think it very likely some person or per-
sons drew supplies in General Lees name,
and OF which he knew nothing. | write in
great haste in the midst Of pressing otlicia
duties. Very truly yours,
FWZHUGH LEE.
SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB.
The pressure Of Official duties have
caused Governor Lee to decline an invita-
non from the saturday Night Club. of New
York, 10 banquet to be rendered to the
Governors OF several States on the 2Sth OF
MaN